A group of scientists proposed a plan for local terraforming of Mars, as a result of which the lake on the Red Planet should appear,. Com.

According to the researchers, the lake on Mars should appear by 2036, which will accelerate the process of development and colonization of the planet. To implement the plan, scientists propose to "drop" an asteroid on the surface of Mars, which "catches" a specially designed and equipped apparatus.

According to scientists, when the asteroid falls to Mars, energy will be released, a significant part of which will go to the warming up of rocks around. After some time at the bottom of the crater, which will be formed as a result of the fall of the asteroid, a lake with a diameter of about three kilometers. After cooling, the water temperature in it will be about 11 degrees Celsius.

Earlier, the head of SpaceX and Tesla, Ilon Mask, announced that the first missile with a crew on board will be sent to Mars in 2024, and the company plans to ship the first ship to Mars in 2018.

NASA plans to make a manned flight to the Red Planet by 2030.

On December 20, scientists from North Dakota tested prototypes of spacesuits that were planned to be used during the landing on Mars.

NASA Space Center built two prototypes of spacesuits, designed to work in conditions of low gravity and zero gravity. The suits were tested in the American desert, and then they were tested on a simulator in Florida.

NASA also published video of the construction of the colony on Mars.

Previously, NASA experts tested new thermal shields for spacecraft that would protect the ship from heat during the immersion in the atmosphere of the planet and make a deceleration at the required altitude during the landing on Mars.